Urgent Care :: New Turtles, possible problem HELP!

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Post Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:47 pm   

Ok, I basically did a water change and killed off the Dr. Turtle. Cleaned all the food off the bottom and residue.

Instead of spring water, this time i used tap water and conditioned the water properly.

I also moved them from the 29 gallon tank and put them in a dry tank so I could administer the eye drops to them.

One turtles eyes look much worse than the other. Below, I am attaching a photo so you guys/girls could possibly relate to my problem.


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Post Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:48 pm   

OH btw, once i got the tank back together, I went ahead and put the turtles back into the 29 gallon tank instead of the dry 10 gallon
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Post Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:23 pm   

If the eyes are not opening at all, then take them to a vet ASAP. Please check the stickies in the urgent care section.
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Post Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:00 pm   

Update:

The zoomed eye drops didnt work very well, so....

I took the the worst turtle to the vet. He lanced the inflammation around the eye and prescribed some eye drops.

A week later and the eyes are getting MUCH better!
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